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English: Photomicrograph of a Lewy body (arrowhead) in the cytoplasm of a neuron in the substantia nigra from a person who had died with Parkinson's disease. The tissue section was stained with hematoxylin and eosin (purple and pink, respectively). The brown material is neuromelanin, which occurs naturally in neurons of the human substantia nigra. The scale bar at the bottom right is 20 microns (0.02mm) in length.
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Author Tulemo

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Photomicrograph of a Lewy body (arrowhead) in a neuron of the substantia nigra from a person with Parkinson's disease (hematoxylin and eosin stain; scale bar=20 microns [0.02mm]).

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8 February 2021

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